The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain: Evidence, Memories, Inventions
What constitutes ‘Britishness’ is turning out to be more complicated than many people previously believed. An innovative multidisciplinary research programme led by the…
The Domesday Book castle LVVRE
The Domesday Book castle LVVRE By Keith Briggs Journal of the English Place-Name Society, Vol.40 (2008) Introduction: The Domesday Book records a castle…
The Muslim Colony of Luceria Sarracenorum (Lucera)
The life and dispersion of Lucerine Muslims in Apulia (c.1220–1300) are examined from the onomastic point of view
Dialect in medieval Irish? Evidence from placenames
The question of dialect in medieval Irish (incorporating Old and Middle Irish; c. 600–1200 AD) has received much passing attention but very little direct study.
Philological Inquiries 1: Method and Merovingians
Philological Inquiries 1: Method and Merovingians Drout, Michael D.C., The Heroic Age, Issue 12 (May 2009) Abstract This is the first of a…
Uses and Values of the Term Kurd in Arabic Medieval Literary Sources
Uses and Values of the Term Kurd in Arabic Medieval Literary Sources By Boris James Paper presented at the American University of Beirut,…
The Identification of Persons in the Middle Ages: Results From the First “Freiburger Bürgerbuch” (1341-1416)
This source contains 2200 inscriptions with 7000 names. Each inscription includes the name of the “Bürger” his occupation, social position, place of origin and kinship relations.
Obscene Onomastics in Medieval Trickster Tales
Obscene Onomastics in Medieval Trickster Tales By Louise O. Vasvári Destiempos: Revista de curiosidad cultural, no.15 (2008) Introduction: Names or nicknames of tricksters, who often…
